“Politics and crime are the same thing”
“Politics and crime, they’re the same thing” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The line was said in Italian by the character Don Tommasino (played by Vittorio Duse) to the character Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacino) in the movie The Godfather Part III (1990). “Politics and crime are the same thing” is a frequent form of the saying.
“‘Politics and crime - they are the same thing.’ That one is emblazoned across the screen in subtitles, indicating that the Italians knew long ago the lessons of the S&L scandals” was printed in Cineaste (1991).
“‘Politics and crime are the same thing,’ says one of the executive mafia dons” was printed in The Whig-Standard (Kingston, ON) on January 12, 1991. “‘Politics and crime are the same thing’ <- saw this on a shirt and it sparked a neuron in this brain of mine hmmmm….." was posted on Twitter by angelica on October 13, 2010.
Wikipedia: The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, and Sofia Coppola. It is the third and final installment in The Godfather trilogy. A sequel to The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), it concludes the fictional story of Michael Corleone, the patriarch of the Corleone family who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–1982, both linked to Michael Corleone’s business affairs.
1991, Cineaste, “The Godfather Part III” by Karen Jaehne, pg. 41, col. 3:
“Politics and crime - they are the same thing.” That one is emblazoned across the screen in subtitles, indicating that the Italians knew long ago the lessons of the S&L scandals.
12 January 1991, The Whig-Standard (Kingston, ON), “The Godfather Trilogy” by Steve Lukits, pg. 1:
The latest movie, dissecting the illness of the body politic of our own time, uncovers the combined cancer of politics, money and crime. “Politics and crime are the same thing,” says one of the executive mafia dons, who later concludes, “Finance is a gun, politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.”
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Whitman scandal, already
Kerry Stephenson
Nov 17, 1993, 10:33:30 AM
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“Politics and Crime—they’re the same thing…”—Mario Puzo
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Sep 8, 1995, 3:00:00 AM
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Friar Tuck | “Politics and Crime.. they’re the same thing.”
iCE Senior Staff | - Mario Puzo, Michael Corleone, “The Godfather III”
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Wang-QQ-Kevin
@kevinqq
politics and crime they’re the same thing..
8:27 AM · Dec 8, 2008·Twitter Web Client
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Rob Viglione@robviglione·Feb 22, 2009
@simonluckylloyd As Michael Corleone said in the Godfather, “politics and crime are the same thing.”
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Rob Viglione@robviglione·
Jun 2, 2009
Replying to @dcc1234
@dcc1234 As Michael Corleone said: “Politics and crime, they are the same thing.”
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T. LEE
@tlee818
Politics and crime. Same thing. ~Don Tommasino~
10:11 PM · Jun 23, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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K Cart
@kocart
RT @FreedomFactory: @kocart As the Godfather eloquently states: Politics & crime are the same thing
3:21 PM · Dec 17, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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Jhay Tweetah
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[FB] Jhay Gamba Politics and crime, they’re the same thing. -Don Tomassino. http://bit.ly/cEzBz1 #fb
3:59 AM · Feb 7, 2010·twitterfeed
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spongedocks
@spongedocks
Politics and Crime are the same thing in DC…..there is NO difference
10:44 AM · Feb 7, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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angelica
@angelica_214
“Politics and crime are the same thing” <- saw this on a shirt and it sparked a neuron in this brain of mine hmmmm…..
5:24 PM · Oct 13, 2010·twidroyd (original)
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QueenMother
@Shai_Bergdorf
” Politics and crime are the same thing..”
4:50 PM · Dec 26, 2010·Echofon
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教父３：政治與犯罪本是一回事(Politics and crime. They’re the same thing…)
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“Politics and crime…they’re the same thing.” ~Al Pacino ( Michael Corleone) The Godfather III 1990
8:44 PM · Dec 14, 2017·Twitter Web Client
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Frank Underwood
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Politics and crime, they’re the same thing.
9:54 PM · Mar 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone